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Old February 9th 11, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jsbrake[_2_] View Post
By "parabolic equation", perhaps the OP means the polar calculation
points? Parabolic is synonymous with quadratic, which is what we use
to approximate our polars for the computers.
Pretty much looking for a quadratic which can be used to calculate the lift coefficient theoretically using Fourier coefficients.
I can't really think of any other way of calculating the lift coefficient of an airfoil theoretically.